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slaked lime

slaked lime noun: calcium hydroxide, a fine, white inorganic compound produced through the hydration of quicklime, and is extensively used in the manufacture of mortar and cement, as well as in a wide range of industrial processes.

Noun

slaked lime (countable and uncountable, plural slaked limes)

  1. Calcium hydroxide, a fine, white inorganic compound produced through the hydration of quicklime, and is extensively used in the manufacture of mortar and cement, as well as in a wide range of industrial processes.
    Synonyms:
    cal, milk of lime

slaked lime meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Assamese

slaked lime in Tamil

calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
சுண்ணாம்பு cuṇṇāmpu

slaked lime in Malayalam

calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
ചുണ്ണാമ്പ് cuṇṇāmpŭ

slaked lime in Kannada

slaked lime
ಸುಣ್ಣ suṇṇa

slaked lime in Assamese

calcium hydroxide — see also calcium hydroxide
চূণ sun
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slaked lime in Thai
ปูนขาว pūn k̄hāw

Synonyms of slaked lime

Forms of slaked lime

pluralslaked limes

Questions about slaked lime

What does slaked lime mean?
Slaked lime means calcium hydroxide, a fine, white inorganic compound produced through the hydration of quicklime, and is extensively used in the manufacture of mortar and cement, as well as in a wide range of industrial processes.
What is slaked lime in Tamil?
Slaked lime in Tamil is சுண்ணாம்பு (cuṇṇāmpu). See Slaked lime meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is slaked lime?
Slaked lime is a noun.
What is the plural of slaked lime?
The plural of slaked lime is slaked limes.

Words near slaked lime in the dictionary

  1. slake
  2. slake trough
  3. slake troughs
  4. slakeable
  5. slaked
  6. slaked lime
  7. slaked limes
  8. slakeless
  9. slaken
  10. slaker
  11. slakers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: slaked lime (page history and authors); ಸುಣ್ಣ (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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